| Bride of Chucky | |
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| Directed by | Ronny Yu |
| Produced by | David Kirschner Grace Gilroy Don Mancini |
| Written by | Don Mancini |
| Starring | Jennifer Tilly Brad Dourif Katherine Heigl Nick Stabile Alexis Arquette Gordon Michael Woolvett and John Ritter |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Editing by | Randy Bricker David Wu |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | October 16, 1998 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $50,692,188 |
| Preceded by | Child's Play 3 |
| Followed by | Seed of Chucky |
Bride of Chucky, also known as Child's Play 4: Bride of Chucky, or Child's Play 4, is a 1998 Canadian/American comedy horror film directed by Chinese director Ronny Yu. It is the fourth entry in the Child's Play series. The film stars Jennifer Tilly (who plays and voices the titular character Tiffany) and Brad Dourif (who voices Chucky). This movie co-stars John Ritter, Katherine Heigl, and Nick Stabile. The music score is composed by Graeme Revell (who previously did the music for Child's Play 2).
Bride of Chucky marks the point where the series takes a more humorous turn, often into self-referential parody. Thus the change from the Child's Play in the title. Contrary to the previous three films, the violence in Bride of Chucky is punctuated by humor to deflate the macabre visuals. The film follows the events of the previous films continuity-wise, but not tonally or in a continuation of those film's overall plot (where Chucky pursued the character Andy Barclay). This film also marks Chucky's new permanent look, a more frightening appearance in which he was covered in scars following his fate in Child's Play 3.
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Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), a former lover and accomplice of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (voice of Brad Dourif), acquires Chucky's remains after bribing and later murdering a police officer who removed the dismembered "Good Guy" doll parts from an evidence locker. Believing Ray's soul to be inhabiting the doll, Tiffany crudely stitches Chucky back together and reenacts the voodoo ritual which instilled Ray inside the doll a decade ago. Though her chants initially fail to produce results, Chucky unexpectedly springs to life and smothers Tiffany's goth admirer, Damien (Alexis Arquette), as Tiffany looks on with excitement. Chucky, after being locked in a playpen by Tiffany, gets out and kills her, then voodoos Tiffany into a doll. Chucky, who is still intent on becoming human again, lays out a plan to retrieve the body-switching amulet Ray was wearing on the night he was killed.
Meanwhile, 17-year-old Jade (Katherine Heigl) is a rebellious teenager who wants to be with her equally rebellious boyfriend, Jesse (Nick Stabile). She lives with her police chief uncle Warren (John Ritter) after her parents died. Jade and Jesse, tired of her uncle and his force's interference, plan to run off and get married. Tiffany, Jesse's neighbor, pays him to take her and Chucky to New Jersey to the cemetery where Chucky's real body, killer Charles Lee Ray, is buried to find the amulet to switch their bodies back.
Bride of Chucky was released in North America on October 16, 1998 on 2,467 movie screens. It managed to pull in $11,830,855 on its opening weekend, with a total North American gross of $32,383,850 and another $18,288,000 internationally, making its worldwide gross $50,671,850, and making it the most financially successful Child's Play film to date, beating out the original by less than 6 million dollars.
Despite being better critically received than its predecessor, with Jennifer Tilly and Brad Dourif's roles as Tiffany and Chucky being praised along with the element of dark comedy, the film still only received mixed reviews and earned a 43% 'Rotten' rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
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Bride of Chucky (also known as Child's Play 4: Bride of Chucky or BOC) is a 1998 horror/romantic comedy film.
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